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Real Madrid can win UCL: C. Ronaldo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLrhqVXuNnulSMMhbDN_h5T3h0bWgYL1cwnDin2dWSIJ-DT7VqlRoxNaB1Jq64f_xHQnNJ1X9zWdD_FIpm83OV4cN3WeMwtJbUj0OC94c0xSFJFk4AtV_ZUdvtaIi8kfyNveCcJKi97Tf/s1600/IMG_20141221_134807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLrhqVXuNnulSMMhbDN_h5T3h0bWgYL1cwnDin2dWSIJ-DT7VqlRoxNaB1Jq64f_xHQnNJ1X9zWdD_FIpm83OV4cN3WeMwtJbUj0OC94c0xSFJFk4AtV_ZUdvtaIi8kfyNveCcJKi97Tf/s1600/IMG_20141221_134807.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">Cristiano Ronaldo believes Real Madrid can build on their incredible success in 2014 and win the Champions League for the second time in a row this season.<br /><br />The Spanish club beat San Lorenzo 2-0 to lift the Club World Cup on Saturday to cap off a year in which they also won the Copa del Rey, European crown and Uefa Super Cup.<br /><br />And Ronaldo believes his side can improve even further in 2015 and become the first team to win the Champions League twice in a row.<br /><br />"I hope that 2015 will be just as good as 2014 and we can win everything we have won this year," he said. "Especially the Champions League."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"Winning the Club World Cup is an historic moment that will have a special place in my life. It gives me motivation to move forward. Thank you to everyone who has helped me achieve something special."</div>

Real Madrid can win UCL: C. Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo believes Real Madrid can build on their incredible success in 2014 and win the Champions League for the second time in a r...

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/>Liverpool's Manager Brendan Rodgers expects striker Daniel Sturridge to<br /><a name="more"></a> return from a long-term thigh injury in early January.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">The England international has managed only three appearances for his club this season after picking up a the injury on international duty in September. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">Having returned to training, Sturridge suffered a setback in November and is currently in Boston continuing his rehabilitation program. The forward was a key fixture in Liverpool's ultimately unsuccessful Premier League title bid last season and, without him, Rodgers' side have struggled for form this campaign.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">However, after a week in which his side booked a League Cup semifinal berth and gained a dramatic point against Arsenal, the Northern Irishman revealed Sturridge was on course for a January return.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">Asked by reporters when Sturridge was likely to be back in action, Rodgers said: "That will probably be just after the Christmas period. The first phase of his rehab was out in LA where we did some specific work with him there.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px;">"He's gone to Boston to pick up the next stage, then he'll move on again to a specialist facility out there and hopefully in the early part of the new year he'll be back and be somewhere close to being fit and playing," he continued. "At some stage in January, we'll look to get Dan back. That will be really exciting for this team.</div>

Liverpool's Player Daniel Sturridge will be back by January- Brendan Rodgers

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Welcome to Soccer Glee: Skrtel header earns Liverpool draw against Arsenal...

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Welcome to Soccer Glee: Skrtel header earns Liverpool draw against Arsenal... : Martin Skrtel scored a dramatic equaliser in the 97th minute...

Skrtel header earns Liverpool draw against Arsenal

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<br /><div class="cmsContent content-link-builder" id="cmsContentId" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div class="SubHeading" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;"><img src="http://assets1.lfcimages.com/uploads/3554__7245__martinskrtel1000_517X310.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /></div><div class="SubHeading" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Martin Skrtel scored a dramatic equaliser in the 97th minute of the match to salvage a 2-2 draw for Liverpool from their Barclays Premier League contest with Arsenal on Sunday.</div><div class="ArticleRight" style="float: right !important; height: auto; margin-left: 10px; padding-right: 9px; width: 257px;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Philippe Coutinho capped an incredibly  </div><a name="more"></a>industrious first half with a fine finish off the far post mere seconds before the break, although the Londoners responded immediately - Mathieu Debuchy directed a powerful header beyond Brad Jones.<br /><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Despite the hosts dominating for large periods, in terms of possession, territory and opportunities, an incisive counter-attack set up Olivier Giroud to slam in a goal on 64 minutes that threatened to ruin a strong Reds performance.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">But they refused to back down and when a corner deep into a significant amount of stoppage time arrived at Skrtel, the centre-half thundered the delivery into the corner of the net and rescued a deserved point.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Brendan Rodgers made just a single alteration to the XI that had secured progress to the Capital One Cup semi-finals by beating Bournemouth on Wednesday - Mamadou Sakho was introduced in place of the injured Dejan Lovren in a three-man backline.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">A big game required great noise from the supporters gathered in L4 in anticipation of receiving an early Christmas gift, and there was no shortage in that department whatsoever. Suitably buoyed, the Reds were full to the brim with energy from the off.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Those fans were on their feet as the clock ticked into a third minute. Unshackled from his markers and free in opposition territory, Coutinho surged forward through the middle, dropping a shoulder to fool Per Mertesacker and earn a free-kick - 20 yards from goal and central.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Kopites have already watched Steven Gerrard float in set-pieces from similar positions against Everton and FC Basel in this campaign and were expectant here. The arcing curler was dispatched along the correct path but with too much power to remain under crossbar height.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Adam Lallana's trademark agility, that economy of movement that confuses defenders, carried the No.20 threateningly inside the Gunners area and shooting territory. Wojciech Szczesny was poised for a stop and would have been grateful to see the drive swiped too high.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">During this fixture in February, Liverpool were 4-0 ahead after just 20 minutes. There was, understandably, no repeat by that stage this time but there was a clear sense that the home side wanted to prove a point, wanted to show their mettle against a rival.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Seemingly central to everything in an attacking sense were Coutinho and Lazar Markovic, dovetailing to creative effect in the left channel. The former, in particular, was faultless with each touch, though should have stressed Szczesny more with a low blast on the half-hour.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">The Arsenal goalkeeper was genuinely worked five minutes later, now by Markovic. Gerrard's persistence allowed the Serb to breeze in behind and a rapid piece of acceleration took him to the near post. His poke across was the correct choice, but Szczesny sprawled to block.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Raheem Sterling, once more leading the line, next rolled Mertesacker, who had drifted too far from his own goal. That presented Europe's new Golden Boy with a chance to slide a pass into Markovic, cutting in from the left flank. His subsequent strike sailed over, however.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">But accuracy was no problem for Coutinho in the final minute of the period. Jordan Henderson moved in from the other wing and fed the Brazilian. He took Debuchy out of the equation with one movement and drilled unstoppably off the left post and into the back of the net for 1-0.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Delight turned to dismay within seconds, though, when the Reds could not sufficiently clear a disputed Arsenal free-kick from the right and the ball looped to the far post, where Debuchy rose above Skrtel and nodded home an equaliser off the defender's head.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Liverpool were sent back out long before their visitors after the interval and soon the skipper was standing over another set-piece. His whipped delivery was well defended, although the rebound fell to Coutinho. It was an inviting volley and struck with solid technique, though off target.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">A head injury to Skrtel precipitated a lengthy pause in proceedings but when the action resumed, it remained a hugely absorbing contest. Lucas Leiva thundered over, Gerrard missed a diving header in the same way and Giroud lashed a left-footer wide.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">The Frenchman was clinical with his next opportunity. Alexis Sanchez fed the supporting Kieran Gibbs along the left side and the full-back swept a pass into Giroud. He knocked it around the corner to Santi Cazorla and when a return was instantly pinged into the box, fired underneath Jones for 2-1.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Szczesny smothered a deflected Gerrard effort from distance, Lucas clipped agonisingly wide of the left post from Henderson's precise tee-up, Coutinho found the side-netting from a narrow angle, and substitute Fabio Borini was twice acrobatically denied by Arsenal's custodian.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 24px; padding: 0px;">Further frustration was added in the form of two late yellow cards and therefore a red for Borini amid nine minutes of stoppage time, but a roar emanated from all sides of the stadium when Skrtel - bandaged from his earlier mishap - rose to power home a superb header.</div></div>

Skrtel header earns Liverpool draw against Arsenal

Martin Skrtel scored a dramatic equaliser in the 97th minute of the match to salvage a 2-2 draw for Liverpool from their Barclays Premier Le...

Skrtel Saves Liverpool

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Skrtel Saves Liverpool

Martin Skrtel (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Won Liverpool one point. More to follow

Liverpool VS Arsenal Line Up

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<img src="http://secure.cache.images.core.optasports.com/soccer/teams/150x150/663.png" />                        VS                          <img src="http://secure.cache.images.core.optasports.com/soccer/teams/150x150/660.png" /><br /><ul class="commentaries " data-match-id="1703819" data-match-time="1419177600" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/subEvents" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.1440010070801px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><li data-event-id="298866002" data-event-type="action" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(208, 212, 214); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="commentary-event-container clearfix" style="padding: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="text" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 10px; width: 440px;">Arsenal subs: Martinez, Monreal, Coquelin, Maitland-Niles, Walcott, Podolski, Campbell.</div></div></li><li data-event-id="298864142" data-event-type="action" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(208, 212, 214); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="commentary-event-container clearfix" style="padding: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="time" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; min-height: 1px; text-align: center; width: 80px;"></div><div class="icon" style="background: url(http://www.goal.com/web/goal/2014.12.18-v1/images/module/lmc-sprite.png) no-repeat; float: left; height: 16px; margin: 0px 4px; min-height: 1px; visibility: hidden; width: 32px;"></div><div class="text" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 10px; width: 440px;">Arsenal (4-1-4-1): Szczesny; Debuchy, Mertesacker, Chambers, Gibbs; Flamini; Alexis, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Welbeck; Giroud.</div></div></li><li data-event-id="298860512" data-event-type="action" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(208, 212, 214); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="text" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 10px; width: 440px;"><br /></div></li><li data-event-id="298860512" data-event-type="action" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(208, 212, 214); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="text" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 10px; width: 440px;"><br /></div></li><li data-event-id="298860512" data-event-type="action" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(208, 212, 214); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="text" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 10px; width: 440px;"><br /></div></li><li data-event-id="298860512" data-event-type="action" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(208, 212, 214); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="commentary-event-container clearfix" style="padding: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="time" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; min-height: 1px; text-align: center; width: 80px;"></div><div class="icon" style="background: url(http://www.goal.com/web/goal/2014.12.18-v1/images/module/lmc-sprite.png) no-repeat; float: left; height: 16px; margin: 0px 4px; min-height: 1px; visibility: hidden; width: 32px;"></div><div class="text" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 10px; width: 440px;">Liverpool subs: Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Enrique, Can, Borini, Lambert.</div></div></li><li data-event-id="298858782" data-event-type="action" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(208, 212, 214); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; list-style: none; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="commentary-event-container clearfix" style="padding: 15px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="time" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; line-height: normal; min-height: 1px; text-align: center; width: 80px;"></div><div class="icon" style="background: url(http://www.goal.com/web/goal/2014.12.18-v1/images/module/lmc-sprite.png) no-repeat; float: left; height: 16px; margin: 0px 4px; min-height: 1px; visibility: hidden; width: 32px;"></div><div class="text" style="float: left; font-size: 12px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 10px; width: 440px;">Liverpool (3-4-3): Jones; Toure, Skrtel, Sakho; Henderson, Lucas, Gerrard, Markovic; Coutinho, Sterling, Lallana.</div></div></li></ul>

Liverpool VS Arsenal Line Up

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Liverpool v Arsenal - Match Preview

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<h2><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">“Yes, there might be a few nerves but our job is not about history, it’s about today.” - Arsène WengerWenger</span></h2><h2><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">In truth, the “scene” was pretty horrible after the first 20 minutes at Anfield on February 8<br /><a name="more"></a>this year.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Having taken 25 points out of a possible 27, Arsenal had arrived on Merseyside as legitimate title chasers. But, with less than a quarter of the game gone, they were 4-0 down and in disarray against a Liverpool side who, unbeknownst to us all, were about to go on a run that so nearly created history.<br /><span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">Wenger pre-Liverpool</span></div><div class="module half-video" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #444444; float: left; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 20px 0px; position: relative; width: 580px;"><div class="video-container clearfix" data-id="5794" data-target="5794-wenger-pre-liverpool" style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; float: none; height: 368px; margin: 0px auto; max-height: 400px; max-width: 514px; min-height: 200px; padding: 1px; position: relative; width: 514px;"><div class="play" data-geo-restriction-message="" data-is-anonymous="" data-is-future="" data-thumb="/site_media/images/uploaded/videothumbs/4e9f12b3c25a26be45865dabd93d3602/552x310/idx-3.jpg" id="play5794" style="float: left; height: auto !important; max-height: 320px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 512px; z-index: 11 !important;"><br /><div class="play-btn-wrap logged-in" style="background: rgb(8, 8, 6); height: 95px; left: 0px; margin: -48px 0px 0px; position: absolute; top: 160px; width: 108px;"><a class="play-vid" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://www.arsenal.com/assets/images/player/play-btn-small.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 16px 13px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-weight: 700; height: 60px; padding: 16px 0px 19px 108px; text-align: left; transition: all 0.3s ease; width: 0px; z-index: 9999 !important;"></a></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UnxVOqg6wE4?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">The game would end 5-1 and it proved to be a turning point for both teams. Liverpool would challenge until the final few games of the season, Arsenal fell away in the league but recovered enough to retain fourth place and lift the FA Cup. (In fact Liverpool’s only defeat until they lost to Chelsea on April 27 would be their elimination from the latter at Emirates Stadium.)</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">That same doggedness surrounds Wenger’s men right now. A similarly dispiriting defeat at Stoke at the start of December is starting to look a little out of place given the results surrounding it.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">But, on Sunday, Arsenal must draw on those resolute reserves as last season’s defeat at Anfield could be lingering at the back of their minds.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">“They played on another planet against us last season in that game,” said Wenger. "We were outplayed and maybe it was the game we deserved the most to lose last season. But let’s not forget that one week later, we beat exactly the same team in the FA Cup. That shows you that it’s just down to the performance of the day.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">“We’ve won five of our last six games and now we want to continue our strong run. We had a good game against Newcastle and this game on Sunday is another chance for us to show that we can have the continuity in finding a good balance between attacking well and defending well because Liverpool are always very strong at home. That’s why we want to continue to be faithful to our philosophy and play our game but also be solid defensively."</div></div></h2><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: url(http://www.arsenal.com/assets/images/structure/sprite.png?v=1.27.0) 0px -1039px no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(252, 4, 5); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2e2e2e; font-family: agency-gothic-ct-cond-tt-n5, agency-gothic-ct-cond-tt, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 34px; font-weight: 500; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 14px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase;">ARSENAL</h2><h2><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;"><a href="http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/santi-cazorla" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(30, 76, 146); color: #41465c; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Santi Cazorla player profile">Santi Cazorla</a> is one of the reasons for the recent resurgence. The Spaniard celebrated his 30th birthday last Saturday against Newcastle by conducting another virtuoso display of poise and precision.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Players of touch and technique can often dip in form. Especially when they have come from overseas and have been burdened by tournaments nearly every summer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Cazorla, however, arrived to a fanfare and his dancing feet have rarely been off-beat for long throughout his two-and-a-half year spell in north London.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">“He’s a player with a good technique,” said Wenger. “The better your technique is, the more natural it is to play and the less effort you need to put in to control the ball and pass left or right.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">“With Santi, you don’t know if he’s left or right-footed and his passion for football helps him to recover as well. He has a good stamina so he can produce the effort.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">“Overall, he is the player who has played more games than anybody else for Arsenal in 2014. As we arrive at the end of the year, I want to congratulate him for that.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">As for the team news, <a href="http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/alex-oxlade-chamberlain" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(30, 76, 146); color: #41465c; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain player profile">Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain</a>, <a href="http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/nacho-monreal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(30, 76, 146); color: #41465c; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Nacho Monreal player profile">Nacho Monreal</a> and <a href="http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/theo-walcott" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(30, 76, 146); color: #41465c; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Theo Walcott player profile">Theo Walcott</a>face tests over the weekend. <a href="http://www.arsenal.com/first-team/players/calum-chambers" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(30, 76, 146); color: #41465c; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" title="Calum Chambers player profile">Calum Chambers</a> is back after suspension.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Liverpool</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">With the illumination of time and distance, it is now possible to suggest that last year’s result actually ran against the grain of recent history. It was only Liverpool’s second win in the last 14 Premier League games between the two sides and represented their first home win in six attempts against Wenger’s men.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Still, Liverpool used the game as a step up and, had they won the title, it would have been post-rationalised as a pivotal 90 minutes.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">But, in truth, Brendan Rodgers’ side have failed to build on last season’s run.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">They have spent most of the campaign in the bottom half of the table and will arrive on Sunday in 11th place.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Simplistically, the change is all about goalscoring. Luis Suarez helped fire them to 101 goals in 38 Premier League games last term before he was sold to Barcelona in the summer. In 16 games so far this season Liverpool have mustered a mere 19.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">The Suarez fee was spent on several new signings, many of whom are yet to settle. However Wenger baulks at the suggestion that Liverpool have suffered a similar fate to Tottenham, who bolstered their squad with indifferent amounts of success with the proceeds of selling Gareth Bale.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">“It’s difficult to compare,” said Wenger. “Both teams lost a world-class player, that’s where the similarity is. After, you have to give time to people to settle. It is not in a second that that happens, and let’s not forget, they lost another important player in DanielOPPOS</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">At his pre-match press conference, Wenger stated that the Christmas period starts here. It is never a decisive time but a fallow set of festive games can see you playing one almighty game of catch-up in the New Year.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Arsenal can ill-afford that but then this game has its own significance. Wenger’s men were beaten heavily at Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool last season. But only in the last of those were they blown away when they were starting to truly fancy their chances in the title race. The fall was from a much greater height than those other two games.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">Perhaps this year’s vintage are yet to hit their stride. For every Newcastle (h) or Galatasaray (h), there has been a Stoke (a) or Swansea (a).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: ff-meta-web-pro-n4, ff-meta-web-pro, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 21px;">However the roles could be reversed at Anfield this time as you sense the greater vulnerability in Rodgers’ men.</div></div></h2>

Liverpool v Arsenal - Match Preview

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